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In the mid 1980s, I had the good fortune to work
for a bird importer and work with the quarantine of birds on
their arrival to this country. Thousands of Blue-Fronted Amazons
were imported. Most of them were still being hand fed. In the
average shipment of four or five hundred parrots, a hand full
of Chaco Blue-Fronted would be in the group. At the end of the
thirty day quarantine, I would purchase most of these birds,
take them home, and have them surgically sexed. All of the fantastic
ones were always males! Where were the hens? On another quarantine
group of adult birds, I found two nice hens. They had great head
coloration, but very little color on their wings. What they did
have, that was different then the rest but matched the Chaco
males, was a longer, more pointed tail! Pairing these up with
my yellow birds consistantly breeds Chacos with more yellow.
I'm on my third generation now. Even hens out of these blood
lines typically have less yellow on the wings or shoulders than
the males. |
